Current social policy supports neither high quality infant day care nor alternatives to day care. Psychologists should take action on research evidence showing the importance of quality infant care, by proposing and supporting policies that would grant voluntary, partially paid, six-month leaves to working parents for infant care. (Author/MJL)

A school psychologist's assumptions regarding private practice along with his findings when these assumptions were tested in the private sector are presented. The experiential findings result in suggestions regarding training and recommended questions to be asked by school psychologists who are contemplating involvement in private practice.…

Four groups (40 school psychology graduates and practitioners and 40 special education trainees and practitioners) rated 11 multidisciplinary child study team (MT) professions according to influence on child placement and desirability to chair the MT meeting. MT professions were found to exert disproportionate influence on placement decisions. (CL)

Surveyed school psychology training programs regarding their approaches to consultation training. Results indicate: 40 percent offer at least one course devoted solely to consultation; more doctoral programs offer consultation training; and practicum experience is considered an important aspect. Suggests greater emphasis on consultation training…

Assuming responsibility for one's continuing education is the obligation of each professional. Continuing education does not provide adequate structure for individual development. However, some models have surfaced which enable individuals to examine, plan, and evaluate their continuing professional development needs; these include self-assessment…

Reported responses (N=77) to a questionnaire designed to collect information about perceptions of the role of school psychologists. Results indicated that overall respondents had a fairly accurate sense of what a school psychologist does, although they overestimated the importance of psychotherapy as one of the school psychologist's functions.…

Historical events in the development of cognitive-behavior therapy with children are reviewed. Suggestions are offered for areas which might be valuable for therapists to consider in the 1980s. (Author/GK)

Although it is too early to make definitive statements about cognitive-behavioral efficacy for treatment of traditional academic problems, initial research indicates that school psychologists should implement some of these cognitive-behavioral techniques for the modification of classroom learning problems. Well-documented implementations will be…

Asserts that psychologists can contribute to a reduction in national health expenditures by focusing on such illness- and accident-causing behaviors as smoking, alcohol use, improper diet, and speeding and the nonuse of seat belts in cars. (GC)

An ecological and transactional approach based on Project Re-Ed, liaison psychology makes use of tensions which arise from differing points of view and seeks to facilitate growth of effective relationships. A discussion of strategies which can be used by the practicing school psychologist is presented. (Author/RL)

A recent paper by Bandura concerning the self-system in reciprocal determinism is discussed. Bandura's framework is amplified slightly for use in the applied context by adding the concept of self-report. This discussion will hopefully spur research and thinking on process, in conjunction with outcome, issues. (Author)

Investigated professional activities of members of the Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Participants perceived themselves most involved with short-term, goal-directed counseling and program development and least involved with research and working with paraprofessionals. Subjects' interests indicate a…

To guide the unbiased process of visual inference, a four-step model is presented for the assessment of reliability, intervention effect, meaningfulness, and generalizability. A Visual Inference Checklist (VIC) systematizes this assessment process. (Author)

Rogers proposes that counselors give away their personal power in order to empower their clients, a political approach which is traditionally feminine. Presently, however, women counselors may have more difficulty than men counselors in relinquishing their newly acquired and hard-won personal power. (Author)

Focus is directed upon the logic and import of the assumption that effective preventative and remedial mental health service demands reasonable agreement among service providers as to the nature and course of psychological problems. It was found that diagnostic agreement was absent at all levels of experience. (Author)